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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
Your inquiries concerning hot-beds shall have attention in due time. Wc 
are always on the look-out to discover the wants of amateurs. 
Muscat Vine (M.). —Your muscat .affair before long. We do not 
understand your clipping affair ; please to be a little more explicit on this 
head; also, “as to outside the house.” Do you mean the root or top ? 
Please to remember that without much heat good muscats cannot be pro¬ 
duced. No grape requires or will endure more. We advise you to leave 
at least six or seven eyes beyond the bunch, if room can be obtained. As 
to reserving the old shoot, it is a matter of fancy chiefly. Vines on the 
spurring system should, from their first growth, have a regular number 
of spurs established as growth proceeds. This done, the shoot may be 
considered permanent. Many, however, prefer to bear the muscat on the 
cane. 
Pine-pits (T. W. Lauford).— Keep your ridge and furrow roof as low 
as you can, to obtain head room. As to the cheapest plan, your carpen¬ 
ter must settle that with you. We should doubt the power of your one 
pipe to heat 500 gallons. Your water would, doubtless, circulate if made 
hot. Why not carry the steam at once round the house, without anything 
intermediate ? We are not, however, well assured that we understand 
your sketch. An angle of about 45° to 50° would, we think, be suitable. 
Fruit Packing ( Tirydail).—We will give a paper on fruit packing 
before long. 
Fruit Trees (E . R .). —If we understand you aright, your soil is 
too rich as well as too deep. You will do well to take up all such young 
trees in the end of October, and to replant them in a proper way. You 
may put any crops on the border for the present which do not require 
spade culture. We would recommend Shipley's apricot for hardiness, 
and the Moorpark for flavour. 
Roots from Vine-stems (M., Minehead). —Roots having protruded 
from the vine-stems, we suffer them to remain ; at the same time, it may 
be considered undeniable evidence of a rather too great amount of atmos¬ 
pheric moisture in the house. The fermentation from the tan must be 
considerable, and from frequent sprinklings increase moisture much. We 
think you would do well to use little or no water when you close in the 
evening. If you do use it, you ought to encourage a current of air all 
night. Vines abhor excessive confined damp. 
Names of Plants (T. M. W.). —We believe your plant is Solatium 
macrantherum. (Juvenilis ).—Your plant is Linum fiavum (Yellow flax}. 
It is propagated readily by cuttings. 
CALENDAR FOR JULY. 
GREENHOUSE. 
Air admit freely night and day, unless when stormy ; make an ex¬ 
ception, however, in those cases where growth is still desirable. There 
shut up early, and use the syringe morning and evening. Bud and 
Graft oranges, camellias, azaleas, climbers, See. Cuttings make and 
plant, placing them in cool pits at a distance from the glass, or in a mild 
bottom-heat, according to their requirements. Dress and keep everything 
neat. Calceolarias give manured water; fumigate when necessary; 
cut down early blooming; thin the pods of those left for seed, as one pod 
will give hundreds of plants. Geraniums, cut down the forwardest; 
tie and train successions ; prepare for early supply of cuttings. Heaths, 
cut down and prune when done flowering ; give plenty of air to those in 
flower; shift those starting again after being pruned; and propagate by 
seeds, and by cuttings in a pit under hand-glasses. Examine all Peat 
Plants as respects water, for if dried up several times, death is next to 
certain, your only chance is to set the pot or tub in water until all is 
saturated, and then allow it to drain. Seedlings of all kinds prick off 
as soon as up, or they will be apt to fox off at the surface of the soil. 
Shade when necessary; it is better in bright weather than more air 
or delugings of waterings. Shifting must be attended to with all suc¬ 
cessions, such as fuchsias, geraniums, balsams, cockscombs, &c., and 
free-growing, quick-blooming plants, as Achimenes patens, and coccinea. 
Tropceolums, and other twiners and climbers, must be trained and fas¬ 
tened daily. One of the prettiest ornaments for a window is the Tropceo- 
lum pentaphyllum ; when done flowering, keep in dry earth until they 
vegetate. Water must now be given with great judgment, especially to 
newly shifted plants that have been transferred from a small to a large 
pot. In general circumstances, there is now as much danger from want 
of water, as in winter there was the danger of giving too much, and giving 
it when not required. All bulbs that have finished flowering and growing 
are an exception; as soon as the leaves get yellow, they should be encou¬ 
raged to get into a state of rest as soon as possible by withholding water. 
Those that have their leaves yet green should be assisted with water, 
until the bulbs are mature. R. Fish. 
FRUIT-GARDEN. 
Apple Espaliers, train thin and stop. Apricots, pick off caterpil¬ 
lars, and train. Cherries, cleanse from fly and protect from birds. 
Cucumbers, thin and stop frequently, and reserve specimens for seed. 
Currants (red and white), prune back all side spray and top. Cur¬ 
rants (black), water freely. Figs, thin out the wood, and stop. Goose¬ 
berries, exterminate the caterpillar; thin out where bushes are over¬ 
loaded. Melons, train, stop, thin, set fruit, and water freely when 
swelling the fruit; also syringe on fine afternoons. Nuts, remove 
superfluous spray from the interior of the bushes. Pears, remove waste 
shoots, stop, See., according to advice previously given; thin fruit if too 
thick. Peaches, make a final thinning of both fruit and wood; stop 
gross shoots wherever found. Plums, beware of the fly; stop and thin. 
Raspberries, thin suckers, and stop when more than five feet high. 
Strawberries, keep down runners, and water late kinds. Vines, 
remove extra laterals from those ripe, and continue stopping late grapes ; 
water border, if dry and sound beneath, in dry weather. 
R. Errington. 
[June 27. 
FLOWER GARDEN. 
Annuals (Tender), bring out from frames; dress; give fresh earth ; 
stake and tie. Annuals, transplant generally. Auriculas in pots, 
dress and water frequently; seedlings transplant; old plants repot, e. 
Box edgings clip, b. Bud roses, jasmines, Sec . Bulbous Roots, take 
up (sec June); seeds, sow. Carnations, attend to (sec June); shade 
and shelter during hot weather; water freely, and give liquid-manure. 
Chrysanthemum suckers separate and plant; lay. Cuttings of 
most herbaceous plants will root now, and of all the scarlet geraniums, 
if planted on a south border, b. Dahlias require support and pruning. 
Edgings, clip. Evergreens, prune : seedlings, prick out. Flower¬ 
beds, stir surface often; train; stop and often regulate the plants, to 
get a uniform growth and bloom. Grass, mow and roll often. Gravel, 
weed and roll. Heartsease, plant slips, e. ; water freely. Hedges, 
clip. Hoe and rake at every opportunity. Layering carnations, Sec ., 
may be performed, b.; water freely; transplant rooted layers. Leaves, 
decayed, remove as soon as seen. Liquid-manure, give occasionally 
to flowering shrubs. Mignonette and a few other quick-flowering 
annuals may be sown, b., for autumn. Piping of pinks, &c., maybe 
still practised, b. Pelargonium cuttings plant, b. Polyanthuses, 
seedlings, transplant; roots of old, part. Roses, bud and layer, b. 
Seeds, gather as they ripen. Stake and tie up plants wherever 
necessary. Transplant, b., from the reserve garden in damp or 
dull weather. Water freely, not only the roots, but over the foliage. 
D. Beaton. 
ORCHID HOUSE. 
The same treatment, as to watering, syringing, and shading, as directed 
for last month, should be followed through the whole of July. Air, give 
abundance of during the day; and, when the weather is very hot, even 
during the night. Moisture, keep the walks and walls constantly 
flooded with water. Dip baskets and logs at least once a-week during 
this hot month. If any have formed their pseudo-bulbs for the season, 
place them in a cool house. The New Holland Species when in that 
state may be placed in a sheltered place out of doors, protecting them 
from rain. T. Appleby. 
PLANT STOVE. 
Achimenes will now be in flower, water them only at the roots. Air, 
give in great abundance, night and day ; more, of course, in the day than 
in the night. ./Eschynanthus done blooming place in a cold pit to 
rest, giving but little water. Begonias, pot off, and keep growing, to 
flower in winter. Eranthemums, repot, and grow on for the same 
purpose. To Clerodendrums coming into flower give liquid-manure. 
Gardenias going outof flower keep cool. Gesnerias and Gloxinias 
now in flower refrain from syringing. Cuttings of the two last-named 
may yet be put in. Ixoras, pot for the last time this season. Insects 
extirpate most diligently. At this warm time of the year they breed 
prodigiously. Repairs, such as glazing and painting, this is the best 
season for. Young Stove Plants will be much benefited by being 
placed for two or three months in cold frames. Hot Water Pipes, see 
too, and repair. If necessary empty the water out of them. 
T. Appleby. 
FLORISTS’ FLOWERS. 
Auriculas, look to, and keep clear of slugs and weeds. Carnations, 
layer, shade, and keep free from insects. Dahlias, mulch and water 
freely; tie to stakes, at least, once a-week. See that old ties do not 
strangle the shoots; thin their branches. Frames, repair their glass, 
and paint. Picotees attend to, the same as carnations. Pinks, pot off 
pipings of choice sorts, three or four together, in 5-inch pots. Ranun¬ 
culuses, refrain from watering. Tulips, take up all, and dry gradually 
at the beginning of the month. Verbenas, put in cuttings of the best 
as they come into flower. Weeds continually eradicate. 
T. Appleby. 
KITCHEN-GARDEN. 
Alexanders, earth up in dry weather. Asparagus, discontinue cut¬ 
ting ; keep clean from weeds. If salting has been attended to, none will 
appear; but earth-stir with some pointed implement. Broad Beans, 
save seed from the best kinds; a small planting may be made of the 
Early Mazagan kind in an open south border, and well watered at the 
time of planting should the weather be dry. Borage, sow, and thin out 
a foot apart. Borecoles, plant out and prick out; in all cases well 
water at the time of planting. Brocolis, treat the same. Cabbages, 
plant out; sow seed about the 20th of the month, in an open situation ; 
should the weather be dry, well w T ater previously to sowing. Cauli¬ 
flowers, plant out; supply those that are forward in growth with plenty 
of water; invert a few leaves over the heads of those turning in. Cucum¬ 
bers, attend to daily as to thinning, topping, training out, top-dressing, 
and watering. The hand-glass crops, fork up the earth round .about 
their roots, allowing them sufficient room to run out freely. Endive, of 
both sorts, make a good sowing toward the middle of this month, and 
plant out previously sown plants. Kidney Beans (dwarfs), at this 
late season, should be sown in open warm borders. Melons, attend to 
earthing-up late planted-out crops ; do such work in the afternoon ; shut 
up close ; setting the fruit is best done about 10 or 11 o’clock in the fore¬ 
noon ; give plenty of air to those ripening off their fruit; be sparing of 
the water among the ripening fruit. Onions, well thin out, weed, and i 
earth-stir; press down stiff-necked onions as they advance in growth. 
Peas, at this late season, sow early kinds in open warm situations; well 
water at the time of sowing in dry weather. Vegetable Marrows, train 
out and thin out. Peas, save seed from the best favourite kinds. In all 
kinds of Planting-out, take advantage of dull weather, and water well 
at the time of planting. Make good use of the Hoe in dry weather, in 
cutting down weeds and earth-stirring. I never like to see the rake used 
much in the kitchen-garden. T. Weaver. 
London: Printed by Harry Wooldridge, Winchester High-street, 
in the Parish of Saint Mary Kalendar; and Published by William 
Somerville Oru, at the Office, No. 2, Amen Corner, in the Parish of 
Christ Church, City of London.—June 2/th, 1850. 
